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Photographer Peter Dazeley has carved out a niche as a chonicler of London, providing views of the city that most people would never have a chance to see. Now, he's turned his attention to the city's beautiful old theatres.

Shakespeare Time Line 1509-47: Reign of Henry VIII. 1509-47: Tudor England was an agricultural society. The majority of the population lived in small villages and nearly all made their living from …

The Globe Theatre

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Is Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre tour on your bucket list? As a former theatre and acting teacher, this experience was certainly part of my list of things to do in London. However (and this is the part where you probably won’t like me), seeing another Shakespearean play performed is not on my list. That’s the reason...

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Ify Egesi in The Globe (c) Amy Murrell

Shakespeare's Old Globe Theater Chart featuring reproducible worksheets on the back.

Shakespeare’s original Globe theatre (known as ‘The Globe’) first opened in London in the year 1599. The open-air theatre staged some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays over the next 14 years. However in 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, the entire theatre burnt down after a prop malfunctioned and set the thatched roof on fire. The second Globe was built within a year and operated until 1642 when it was closed by parliamentary decree. Today’s Globe Theatre is a reconstruction that…

The Globe Theatre was originally built in 1599 and was the headquarters of a band of players for whom William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) wrote. A reconstructed building was completed in 1997. Productions, as Elizabethan as regulations allow, are staged in the Globe from May to September. An exhibition is housed in the space beneath the theatre.

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Stage at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre

The Globe Shakespeare theater in Southwark, vintage engraving. - Artwork - Art Print from FreeArt.com

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Ever heard of this guy? He wrote plays or something like that? Now, this is not the original theater, but it is a fully operational new version of it, located right beside the Thames in Central London. I was lucky enough to get a private tour of the facility and it was really cool, as you can see. Everything appears to be pretty authentic, from the thatched roof to the multiple view levels. In fact, it's exactly how I remember it from Civilization. The guy that was showing us around said…

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